Wonder
Wonder
#870. Wonder. -- N. wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement,
wonderment, bewilderment; amazedness &c. adj[obs].; admiration, awe;
stupor, stupefaction; stound|, fascination; sensation; surprise &c.
(inexpectation) 5O8[obs].
- note of admiration; thaumaturgy &c.(sorcery) 992[obs].
- V. wonder, marvel, admire; be surprised &c. adj.; start; stare; open
one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes; gloar|; gape, open one's
mouth, hold one's breath; look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog; look blank
&c. (disappointment) 509; tombe des nues[Fr]; not believe one's eyes, not
believe one's ears, not believe one's senses.
- not be able to account for &c. (unintelligible) 519; not know whether
one stands on one's head or one's heels.
- surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle,
dazzle; daze; strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun,
stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's
beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb;
make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's
mouth; make one stare.
- take by surprise &c. (be unexpected) 508.
- be wonderful &c. adj.; beggar description, beggar the imagination,
baffle description; stagger belief.
- Adj. surprised &c. v.; aghast, all agog, breathless, agape; open-
mouthed; awestruck, thunderstruck, moonstruck, planet-struck; spellbound;
lost in amazement, lost in wonder, lost in astonishment; struck all of a
heap, unable to believe one's senses, like a duck ion thunder.
- wonderful, wondrous; surprising &c. v.; unexpected &c. 508; unheard
of; mysterious &c. (inexplicable) 519; miraculous.
indescribable, inexpressible, inaffable[obs]; unutterable, unspeakable.
- monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, marvelous; inconceivable,
incredible; inimaginable[obs], unimaginable; strange &c. (uncommon) 83;
passing strange.
- striking &c. v.; overwhelming; wonder-working.
- Adv. wonderfully, &c. adj.; fearfully; for a wonder, in the name of
wonder; strange to say; mirabile dictu[Lat], mirabile visu[Lat]; to one's
great surprise.
- with wonder &c. n., with gaping mouth; with open eyes, with upturned
eyes.
- Int. lo, lo and behold! O! heyday! halloo! what! indeed! really!
surely! humph! hem! good lack, good heavens, good gracious! Ye gods! good
Lord! good grief! Holy cow! My word! Holy shit![vulg.], gad so!
welladay[obs]! dear me! only think! lackadaisy[obs]! my stars, my
goodness! gracious goodness! goodness gracious! mercy on us! heavens and
earth! God bless me! bless us, bless my heart! odzookens[obs]! O gemini!
adzooks[obs]! hoity-toity! strong! Heaven save the mark, bless the mark!
can such things be! zounds! 'sdeath! what on earth, what in the world! who
would have thought it! &c. (inexpectation) 508[obs]; you don't say so!
You're kidding!. No kidding? what do you say to that! nous verrons[Fr]! how
now! where am I?
- Phr. vox faucibus haesit[Lat]; one's hair standing on end.